Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Robert Sheaffer - It's a Conspiracy
Host: Karen Stollznow Robert Sheaffer is a Committee for Skeptical ...
Host: Karen Stollznow Robert Sheaffer is a Committee for Skeptical Inquiry fellow and author of the "Psychic Vibrations" column for Skeptical Inquirer magazine. He writes the "Bad UFO" blog and "The Debunker's Domain" website, and is the author of The...
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Chris Mooney - Accommodationism and the Psychology of Belief
Special Guest Host: Ronald A. Lindsay In this special episode, ...
Special Guest Host: Ronald A. Lindsay In this special episode, Chris Mooney changes places and becomes the interviewee—and then finds himself facing some probing questions from CFI President and CEO Ronald A. Lindsay. This frank interview is all...
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Bo Bennett - Christian Nontheism
Host: Robert Price Robert "Bo" Bennett wears many hats (author, ...
Host: Robert Price Robert "Bo" Bennett wears many hats (author, motivational speaker, black belt Karate master, businessman, etc.) but manages not to have a swelled head to accommodate them! His latest book is called The Concept: Introduction to...
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George Lakoff - Enlightenments, Old and New
Host: Chris Mooney George Lakoff is a cognitive linguist at ...
Host: Chris Mooney George Lakoff is a cognitive linguist at the University of California at Berkeley. But unlike many of his scientific peers, he's known as much for his work on politics as for his research. Lakoff the famed author of many books on...
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Josh Rosenau - The Evolution Revolution
Host: Karen Stollznow Our guest this week is Josh Rosenau, ...
Host: Karen Stollznow Our guest this week is Josh Rosenau, the Programs and Policy Director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), and writer of the blog "Thoughts from Kansas" at ScienceBlogs. Josh has pursued a doctoral...
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Nuclear Risk and Reason - David Brenner and David Ropeik
Host: Chris Mooney When the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck ...
Host: Chris Mooney When the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan last month, it left behind not only mass destruction, but also a nuclear crisis that was covered 24-7 by the international media. Since then, we've been embroiled in a...
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August Berkshire - Minnesota Atheist
Host: Robert Price One of the outstanding leaders of organized ...
Host: Robert Price One of the outstanding leaders of organized atheism in our day is a man named August Berkshire. He is a non-believer of broad sympathies, having served as an officer and/or board member of organizations as diverse as Minnesota...
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Lawrence Krauss - Quantum Man
Host: Chris Mooney Physicist Lawrence Krauss has written numerous popular ...
Host: Chris Mooney Physicist Lawrence Krauss has written numerous popular books about science, including the bestselling The Physics of Star Trek. But now he's tried something different—penning a scientific biography of the famed Nobel Prize...
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Cheryl Russell - Society, Statistics and Skepticism
Host: Karen Stollznow My guest this week is Cheryl Russell, ...
Host: Karen Stollznow My guest this week is Cheryl Russell, a recognized authority on statistics and demographics. Cheryl is the editorial director of New Strategist Publications and the former editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine. She is...
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Spirituality: Friend or Foe? - Adam Frank and Tom Flynn
Host: Chris Mooney Recently, it has come to light that ...
Host: Chris Mooney Recently, it has come to light that many scientists—scientists who don't believe in God--nevertheless claim to be "spiritual but not religious." Some in the secular movement have responded favorably to this new trend-one...